Japan tsunami grazes Americas but impact light

Tsunamis triggered by Japan’s devastating earthquake that prompted thousands to flee the Pacific coast of North and South America caused flooding as far away as Chile on Saturday, but damage was limited. The tsunami lost much of its energy as it moved thousands of miles (km) across the Pacific Ocean, although governments took no chances and ordered... 

Moody’s Confirms Nexen’s Investment Grade Credit Rating

Earlier today, Moody’s Investors Service announced the completion of their credit review and confirmed Nexen’s Baa3 rating with a negative outlook. We expect to retain this rating and remove the negative outlook by reducing our debt to levels commensurate with the rating by late this year or early 2012, and retaining sufficient cash to fund... 

Vermilion Energy Inc. Files Annual Information Form and Annual Report

Vermilion Energy Inc. announces the submission of its Annual Information Form (“AIF”) for the year ended December 31, 2010 to the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval. The AIF contains Vermilion’s Statement of Reserves Data and Other Oil and Gas Information as required under National Instrument 51-101. Vermilion has also filed... 

Estrakon Launches New Product Line at GlobalShop 2011

Estrakon, Inc., will officially launch its new Krystal Frame edge-lit LED product line at GlobalShop 2011 — at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas next month, Booth # 656. Krystal Frame features open-edge, glowing displays that are lightweight, thin, energy-efficient and elegant. “The non-animated Krystal Frame expands the... 

Golden Predator Commences 2011 Yukon Drill Program

Golden Predator Corp. is pleased to announce that drilling commenced at its Brewery Creek Project on February 18th initiating the aggressive 2011 Yukon exploration program. The Brewery Creek winter drill program, with a minimum of 2,500 m of oriented core, is intended to expand upon the 2010 discovery at the Bohemian zone where the Company encountered... 

U.S. Leads Ranking of Top 25 Countries for Global Biofuels Production Capacity

The U.S. concluded 2010 as the top renewable ethanol producing country, according to the Global Biofuels Outlook to 2020, recently released from Hart Energy Consulting’s Global Biofuels Center (GBC). With more than 51 billion liters (13.47 billion gallons) of ethanol production capacity in operation, the U.S. is by far the leader, with South America’s... 

Watchit Technologies Inc. Solidifies Patents

WatchIt Technologies Inc. announced today that, through its Intellectual Property attorneys, Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, McNett & Henry, LLP, it has successfully nationalized its International Patent application in the United States and the European Union. Previously, one application was filed for an International patent. The PCT (Patent Cooperation... 

Essex Provides Update on Creditor’s Attempt to Pursue Repayment of Loan

ESSEX OIL LTD.announced on January 14, 2011 that Randsburg International Gold Corp. (“Randsburg”) had initiated steps to appoint Wm. Andrew Campbell as a privately-appointed receiver over the assets of Essex pursuant to a general security agreement granted to Randsburg. Essex had received a letter from Mr. Campbell advising that he had been... 

Edge Resources Announces Issuance of Stock Options

Edge Resources Inc. announced today that it has granted incentive stock options for a total of 1,200,000 common shares of the Corporation at a price of $0.36 per share (with respect to 1,000,000 of the options) and $0.30 per share (with respect to 200,000 of the options) all for a period of five years, under the formal stock option plan approved at... 

Reportlinker Adds Global LNG Market Trends, Outlook and Business Prospects to 2015

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global LNG Market Trends, Outlook and Business Prospects to 2015 http://www.reportlinker.com/p0366585/Global-LNG-Market-Trends-Outlook-and-Business-Prospects-to-2015.html Report Description Global LNG industry is in a state of flux. The industry is poised to...